{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Ruth Delacourt","home_page_url":"https://ruthdelacourt.com","description":"Ruth Delacourt","author":{"name":"Ruth Delacourt"},"items":[{"id":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/why-family-stories-make-such-good-book-club-conversations","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/getty/1171182636\"/><p>Why Family Stories Make Such Good Book Club Conversations</p>","url":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/why-family-stories-make-such-good-book-club-conversations","title":"Why Family Stories Make Such Good Book Club Conversations","summary":"Why Family Stories Make Such Good Book Club Conversations","date_modified":"2026-09-18T10:51:00Z"},{"id":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/literary-fiction-about-family-secrets-and-sibling-relationships","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/47076334-ff9c-4c8a-ba39-af03b3819b15/22.jpg\"/><p>Family Secrets and Sibling Relationships</p>","url":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/literary-fiction-about-family-secrets-and-sibling-relationships","title":"Literary Fiction About Family Secrets and Sibling Relationships","summary":"Family Secrets and Sibling Relationships","date_modified":"2026-09-18T10:47:46Z"},{"id":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/book-clubs-and-literary-events-in-south-devon","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/getty/583816330\"/><p>Book Clubs and Literary Events in South Devon</p>","url":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/book-clubs-and-literary-events-in-south-devon","title":"Book Clubs and Literary Events in South Devon","summary":"Book Clubs and Literary Events in South Devon","date_modified":"2026-09-18T10:39:12Z"},{"id":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/books-about-family-secrets-that-stay-with-you","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/gYAR4we\"/><p>I spent three years writing The House in Elmhurst before I realised I wasn't writing about family secrets. I was writing about attachment theory issues.</p>","url":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/books-about-family-secrets-that-stay-with-you","title":"Attachment Theory Fiction: The Family Novels That Stay With Us","summary":"I spent three years writing The House in Elmhurst before I realised I wasn't writing about family secrets. I was writing about attachment theory issues.","date_modified":"2026-07-21T10:55:04Z"},{"id":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/the-heartbreakers-writers-insights","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/wNVoqzq\"/><p>I used to assume novelists opened a blank document, typed Chapter One and discovered the story as they went. That was certainly how writing seemed to work on television. Someone would sit at a desk, stare into the middle...</p>","url":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/the-heartbreakers-writers-insights","title":"How do writers build emotionally complex novels?","summary":"I used to assume novelists opened a blank document, typed Chapter One and discovered the story as they went. That was certainly how writing seemed to work on television. Someone would sit at a desk, stare into the middle...","date_modified":"2026-07-21T10:39:22Z"},{"id":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/the-heartbreakers-reading-guide-book-club-questions","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/102654\"/><p>If your book club enjoys literary fiction that explores attachment, family systems and the different stories people tell about the same childhood, The House in Elmhurst offers rich material for discussion.</p>","url":"https://ruthdelacourt.com/f/the-heartbreakers-reading-guide-book-club-questions","title":"The House in Elmhurst: A Book Club Guide","summary":"If your book club enjoys literary fiction that explores attachment, family systems and the different stories people tell about the same childhood, The House in Elmhurst offers rich material for discussion.","date_modified":"2026-07-21T09:48:44Z"}]}